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Mixtape #171

01 May 2025


We’re kicking off May with a stellar mixtape from Joan Arnau Pàmies, the brilliant Catalan composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose fearless approach to sound knows no bounds. His work stretches across genres and forms, including free improvisation, electroacoustic music, avant-pop, contemporary classical, jazz, ambient and beyond. Over his 15-year career, Pàmies has set himself apart as a dynamic and versatile artist, defying genre constraints and cultivating a unique musical voice within an open, exploratory creative space. Last month, Pàmies released Guidelines/Fonaments, a deeply personal, immersive and spellbinding album. We’re thrilled to have him at the helm of this month’s mix, offering a glimpse into the influences and sonic realms that fuel his boundless creativity. Press play and enjoy!

  1. Harold Budd and Brian Eno – First Light [Editions EG / Polydor]
  2. Vangelis – Blade Runner Blues [EastWest]
  3. Steve Reich and Pat Metheny – Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast [Nonesuch]
  4. Brian Ferneyhough and the Arditti String Quartet – Adagissimo [Disques Montaigne]
  5. Ludwig van Beethoven and Alfred Brendel – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110. I. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo [Brilliant Classics]
  6. Brad Mehldau Trio – Unrequited [Warner Bros. Records]
  7. Charlie Parker – Donna Lee [Savoy Records]
  8. Nina Simone – I Wish I knew How It Would Feel to Be Free [RCA Victor]
  9. Alanis Morissette – Hand in My Pocket [Maverick / Reprise Records]
  10. Passengers and Luciano Pavarotti – Miss Sarajevo [Island Records]
  11. Alva Noto – Xerrox Topia [Noton]
  12. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [Virgin]

Mixtape #169

05 March 2025


Hailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and now based in between Switzerland, Barcelona and Buenos Aires, Violeta García is an extremely talented cellist, composer, improviser and curator. Having first studied classical and popular music on the cello, before delving into contemporary composition and improvisation, she has more recently developed a heavy interest in open sound spaces. Working across many contexts and art forms, including improvisation, music composition, dance, film and visual art, she has collaborated with dozens of contemporary artists and musicians from different genres and has performed at numerous festivals and venues around the world, as a soloist, a collaborator and a member of experimental rock project Blanco Teta. With García's third solo album, IN / OUT, a beautifully haunting, gloomy and emotive record, arriving this week, we could not be more excited to have her put together this enthralling mix journeying through the influences at play in her own music, including a couple of gems from herself. Press play already!

  1. Violeta García & Hora Lunga – I think I Just Died A Lil Bit // Buzz 2 [-OUS]
  2. Piotr Kurek – Klamm [Unsound]
  3. Violeta García – IN II [Bongo Joe]
  4. Aylu – Industrial [Orange Milk Records]
  5. Scatt Jangdan Play – Jangdan DNA
  6. Jurg Frey – Extended Circular Music No.2 [Musiques Suisses]
  7. Kali Malone – Meantone Canon
  8. Perila – mad sh [Paralaxe Editions]
  9. Jamira Estrada – Now will always be feat. Miao Zhao [Czarnagora]
  10. KAVARI – Healing Spring
  11. Arthur Russell – Soon To Be Innocent Fun/Let’s See [Plexifilm]
  12. Catherine Lamb – Divisio Spiralis for string quartet [Kairos]
  13. Fred Again… & Brian Eno – I Saw You [Text Records]
  14. Inuit – Entertaining Song [Sub Rosa]

Mixtape #156

02 February 2024


Spanish quartet Melenas, comprising Oihana (guitar, vocals), Leire (bass), María (keyboards) & Lauri (drums), have been making waves since forming in 2016 with their energetic and compelling krautpop compositions. Hailing from Pamplona, they’ve been an integral part of the city’s underground music scene. Last year they released their incredible third album, Ahora, crystallizing the musical vibrancy they’re known for whilst taking a more nuanced and complex approach to their sound. We’re excited to have them curate this month’s mixtape, offering a glimpse into their diverse musical influences.

  1. Angel Corpus-Christi – Dream, Baby, Dream [Munster Records | Criminal Damage]
  2. Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Five Troubles Mambo [Philips]
  3. Ela Orleans – Planet Mars [La Station Radar | Atelier Ciseaux]
  4. Karen Marks – Cold Café [Efficient Space]
  5. Air waves – Star Earring [Fire Records]
  6. Psychic Tv – Godstar [Temple Records]
  7. Chandra – Stranger [Telephone Explosion]
  8. Can – Moonshake [United Artists]
  9. Sofia – El Cielo Blanco [Humo Internacional | Espora Records]
  10. Brian Eno – I’ll Come Running [Island]
  11. Airu – Es por tu bien [Oso Polita]
  12. Bar Italia – Nurse! [Matador]
  13. Adiós amores – La Fuente [Snap! Clap! Club | Ground Control]
  14. Fleetwood Mac – Dreams [Dragonfly Records]
  15. Spunky Onions – How I Lost My Virginity [Optimo Music]
  16. Vivien Goldman – Launderette [Staubgold]
  17. The Durutti Column – Tomorrow [Factory Benelux]

Mixtape #136

01 March 2022


A talented, versatile and visionary multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, JP Coimbra has an impressive body of work spanning over two decades. Vibra, his first solo album under his own name, re-released worldwide last year, is a beguiling, delicate and adventurous instrumental album, fusing together his different musical influences, including neoclassical, jazz and electronic music. Needless to say we're stoked that JP compiled this month's wonderful mix, with songs from artists that have inspired him. Enjoy!

  1. Tones on Tail – Lions [Beggars Banquet]
  2. Ryuichi Sakamoto – B-2 Unit [Alf]
  3. Isao Tomita – Arabesque nº1 [RCA]
  4. Kraftwerk – Pocket Calculator [Deep Records]
  5. 808 State – Bird [ZTT]
  6. Steve Reich – City Life III, IV, V. [RCA]
  7. Philip Glass – Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play [Sony / CBC]
  8. Laurie Spiegel – Hall of Mirrors [Scarlet Records]
  9. Tortoise – Glass Museum [Thrill Jockey/ City Slang]
  10. Robert Wyatt – Ship Building [Rough Trade]
  11. Brian Eno – Brutal Ardour [Island Records]
  12. Mal Waldron – All Alone [Philips / GTA Records]

Mixtape #135

01 February 2022

Originally from New York, and now based in Nashville, Tennessee, Rob Burger is one of the most creative forces on today’s music scene. Throughout the last two decades, as an incredibly talented multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger, Burger has amassed a body of work that encompasses film scores, founding chamber music collective Tin Hat Trio and various collaborations with artists like John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Elvis Costello, Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed, Lucinda Williams, Beth Orton and Iron & Wine, amongst many others. Burger has also made his name as a gifted solo artist and with his sublime new album, Marching With Feathers, arriving later this month, we are stoked to have him put together this beautiful and enthralling mix exploring the myriad influences at play in his music. Press play already!

  1. Can – Moonshake [Sunset Records / United Artists Records]
  2. Alice Coltrane – Sita Ram [Impulse!]
  3. Moondog – Viking 1 [Kopf / Managarm]
  4. Raymond Scott – Lightworks (Slow) [Basta]
  5. Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou – The Song of the Sea [Buda Musique]
  6. John Fahey – Will The Circle Be Unbroken [4 Men With Beards]
  7. Tom Zé – Toc [Continental]
  8. Nino Rota – Il Giardino Delle Fate [Cam]
  9. Duke Ellington – Angu [Reprise]
  10. Eno / Byrne – Moonlight In Glory [Sire / Polydor]
  11. Hans-Joachim Roedelius – Final [Egg / Bureau B]
  12. Bernard Herrmann – Scene d’Amour [Sony / ATV Songs LLC]

Mixtape #127

01 June 2021

We´re thrilled to start June with a marvellous mixtape by master vibraphonist, multi-percussionist, and composer Masayoshi Fujita. Whether you know his acoustic solo recordings, his electronic dub releases as El Fog, or his experimental improvisations with the likes of Jan Jelinek, Masayoshi's incredible creativity and technical virtuosity is always on display. Last week he released one of the most beautiful and beguiling records of the year, Bird Ambience, where he explores a new sonic direction that merges his various influences and turns the spotlight on the marimba. The mixtape he lovingly put together for CTD is a whole universe to get lost in, so press play to take a peek into his musical world.

  1. Wunder – Look Out For Yourself [Karaoke Kalk]
  2. Samadha Trio – Amidha [Hefty Records]
  3. Fennesz – Endless Summer [P-Vine Records / Mego]
  4. Bill Evans – Blue in Green [Columbia]
  5. Maurice Ravel – Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte [Opera / Pantheon]
  6. De La Soul – Pease Porridge [Tommy Boy]
  7. Bobby Hutcherson – Montara [Blue Note]
  8. Ryan Francesconi – Parables [Sweet Dreams]
  9. Brian Eno – 1/1 [Polydor / EG]
  10. DJ Krush – Song 1 [SMEJ]
  11. Silent Poets featuring Anomolies – Someday (The First Impact Mix) [Yellow Productions]
  12. Farben – Cycled (ARR) [WMF Records]
  13. Carmen McRae – When I Fall in Love [Kapp Records]